amploia

From Ligurian anciôa. Doublet of anxova.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əmˈplɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [amˈplɔ.ja]

amploia f (plural amploies)

1. European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

   Synonyms: meleta, patoia

• “amploia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amploia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.